Kaci over Filler in St. Johann at the Euro-Tour
Jun 15, 2019
In a thrilling and high class pool match, Eklent Kaci (ALB) took his next title at the Dynamic Billard St. Johann im Pongau Open 2019 by winning the final match over Joshua Filler (GER) with 9:6.
For the first time in a long time now, the #1 seeded player in a Euro-Tour event met the #2 seeded player in the final match. Today, Kaci (#1) and Filler (#2) made that clash come true so high class pool entertainment was guaranteed. And the final match kept the promise and fulfilled the high expectations. Both players played up to their limit, knowing that the winner of that encounter will be the #1 ranked player after this tournament. Players took racks in turn until the scoreboard displayed 5:5. Then, Kaci managed to get a 2-rack advantage over Filler, leading 7:5. Filler got to 7:6 when Kaci answered that and won the next rack himself. With Kaci being on the hill, Joshua Filler broke rack 15 but committed an illegal break. Kaci used that chance and ran the table to win the event and take his next title at the Euro-Tour.
Top Eight Finishers
1. Eklent Kaci ALB2. Joshua Filler GER3. Damianos Giallourakis GRE Ralf Souquet GER5. Konrad Juszczyszyn POL Konstantin Stepanov RUS Mario He AUT Ivo Aarts NED
That concludes the coverage of the Dynamic Billard St. Johann im Pongau Open 2019.
Eklent Kaci ALB
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